Indian Idol
Indian Idol is the Indian version of the Pop Idol format that has aired on Sony Entertainment Television since 2004.[1] The show has spawned spin-offs, including Indian Idol Junior. The spin-off replaced the show for the seventh and eight season. The current winner of season 11 is Sunny Hindustani.[2]
| Indian Idol | |
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 Logo as of 2020 | |
| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by | Simon Fuller |
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| Presented by |
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| Theme music composer | Julian Gingell Barry Stone Cathy Dennis |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original languages | English Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 293 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Anupama Mandloi (2010–present) Niret Alva (2005–09) Nikhil J Alva (2005–09) |
| Producers | Namit Sharma (2010–present) Ashok (2008–09) |
| Production locations | Initial auditions: Various Mumbai auditions: National Centre of Performing Arts, Mumbai |
| Running time | 1–2 hrs |
| Production companies | ARSenic's Business Empire(2010–present) Fremantlemedia India Miditech Pvt. Ltd. (2005–09) |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | SET |
| Picture format | 576i 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | 30 October 2004 – present |
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Summary
| Season | Year | Channel | Host | Contestants | Winner | Runner-up |
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| 1 | 2004–05 | Sony TV | Aman Verma Mini Mathur | 12 | Abhijeet Sawant | Amit Sana |
| 2 | 2005–06 | 12 | Sandeep Acharya | N. C. Karunya | ||
| 3 | 2007 | Hussain Kuwajerwala Mini Mathur | 13 | Prashant Tamang | Amit Paul | |
| 4 | 2008–09 | Hussain Kuwajerwala Meiyang Chang | 12 | Sourabhee Debbarma | Kapil Thapa | |
| 5 | 2010 | Hussain Kuwajerwala Abhijeet Sawant | 13 | Sreerama Chandra Mynampati | Bhoomi Trivedi and Rakesh Maini | |
| 6 | 2012 | Hussain Kuwajerwala Mini Mathur | 16 | Vipul Mehta | Amit Kumar and Devandra Pal Singh | |
| Indian Idol Junior Season 1 | 2013 | Karan Wahi Mandira Bedi | 11 | Anjana Padmanabhan | Debanjana Karmakar | |
| Indian Idol Junior Season 2 | 2015 | Hussain Kuwajerwala Asha Negi | 13 | Ananya Nanda | Nahid Afrin | |
| 9 | 2016–17 | Karan Wahi Paritosh Tripathi | 14 | LV Revanth[3] | Khuda Baksh | |
| 10 | 2018 | Manish Paul | 14 | Salman Ali[4] | Ankush Bhardwaj | |
| 11 | 2019 | Aditya Narayan | 17 | Sunny Hindustani[5] | Rohit Shyam Raut | |
| 12 | 2020- | Aditya Narayan | TBC | TBC | TBC |
Season 1 2004-05
- Judges
- Host
Top 12 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Elimination |
|---|---|---|
| Abhijeet Sawant | Mumbai | Winner |
| Amit Sana | Bhilai | Runner-up |
| Rahul Vaidya | Mumbai | 2nd Runner-up |
| Prajakta Shukre | New Delhi | 3rd Runner-up |
| Ravinder Ravi | Ludhiana | Eliminated 8th |
| Aditi Paul | Chennai | Eliminated 7th |
| Mukesh Pancholi | Faridabad | Eliminated 6th |
| Harish Moyal | Itanagar | Eliminated 5th |
| Rahul Saxena | Ghaziabad | Eliminated 4th |
| Amit Tandon | Kolkata | Eliminated 3rd |
| Vishal Kothari | Kolkata | Eliminated 2nd |
| Priyanka Venkateswar | Mumbai | Withdrew |
Season 2
- Judges
Anu Malik
Farah Khan
Sonu Nigam
- Host
Top 12 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Elimination |
|---|---|---|
| Sandeep Acharya | Rajasthan | Winner |
| N. C. Karunya | Hyderabad | 1st Runner-up |
| Anuj Sharma | Himachal Pradesh | 2nd Runner-up |
| Amey Date | Mumbai | Eliminated 9th |
| Antara Mitra | West Bengal | Eliminated 8th |
| Meenal Jain | Indore | Eliminated 7th |
| Ravi K. Tripathi | Uttar Pradesh | Eliminated 6th |
| Panna Gill | Punjab | Eliminated 5th |
| Monali Thakur | Kolkata | Eliminated 4th |
| Neha Kakkar | Rishikesh | Eliminated 3rd |
| Yashashree Bhave | Satara | Eliminated 2nd |
| Sagar Sawarkar | Mumbai | Eliminated 1st |
Season 3
- Judges
Javed Akhtar
Anu Malik
Alisha Chinai
Udit Narayan
- Host
Hussain Kuwajerwala
Mini Mathur
Top 13 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Elimination |
|---|---|---|
| Prashant Tamang | Darjeeling | Winner |
| Amit Paul | Shillong | 1st Runner-up |
| Emon Chatterjee | Kolkata | 2nd Runner-up |
| Ankita Mishra | Kanpur | 3rd Runner-up |
| Meiyang Chang | Dhanbad | Eliminated 9th |
| Pooja Chatterjee | Dhanbad | Eliminated 8th |
| Deepali Kishore | Patna | Eliminated 7th |
| Abhishek Kumar | Mumbai | Eliminated 6th |
| Parleen Singh Gill | Ambala | Eliminated 5th |
| Charu Semwal | Dehradun | Eliminated 4th |
| Smita Adhikari | Kolkata | Eliminated 3rd |
| Jolly Das | Kolkata | Eliminated 2nd |
| Richa Aneja | Punjab | Eliminated 1st |
Season 4
The fourth season of Indian Idol was aired on Nepal TV from 19 September 2008 to 1 March 2009. For the first time in Indian Idol history, there were two women among the top three finalists. Sourabhee Debbarma who hails from Agartala, Tripura won the competition and became the first female contestant to do so. By doing so, she also won a contract of Rs. 1 crore with Sony Entertainment Television and a TATA Winger. She released an album, Meherbaan, as per a contract with Sony. Kapil Thapa was runner-up while Torsha Sarkar finished third.
The fourth season saw Anu Malik and Javed Akhtar as judges once again. New to this season were singer Kailash Kher and Indian actress Sonali Bendre, while singer Alka Yagnik joined the panel for a few audition rounds. The fourth season was hosted by Hussain Kuwajerwala and former contestant Meiyang Chang.
One of the contestants, Bhavya Pandit, received an offer to sing the song "Aaja Lehraate" for the film What's Your Raashee, alongside singer Gautam Mrinaal.[6]
Top Contestants of Season 4
- Sourabhee Debbarma – Winner[7]
- Kapil Thapa – 1st Runner Up
- Torsha Sarkar – 2nd Runner Up
- Rajdeep Chatterjee- 3rd Runner Up
- Remo Ghosh- 5th place
- Bhavya Pandit- 6th place
- Prasenjit Kosambi- 7th place
- Bhanu Pratap Singh- 8th place
- Mohit Lawani- 9th place
- Kuldeep Singh- 10th place
- Priyanka Negi- 11th place
- Shini Kalvint- 12th place
- Tulika Ganguly- 13th place
- Ananya Mishra- 14th place
Season 5
- Judges
Anu Malik
Sunidhi Chauhan
Salim Merchant
- Host
Abhijeet Sawant
Hussain Kuwajerwala
Top 13 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Elimination |
|---|---|---|
| Sreerama Chandra Mynampati | Hyderabad | Winner |
| Bhoomi Trivedi | Gujarat | 1st Runner-up |
| Rakesh Maini | Mumbai | 1st Runner-up |
| Swaroop Khan | Rajasthan | Eliminated 10th |
| Shivam Pathak | Gujarat | Eliminated 9th |
| Tia Kar | Mumbai | Eliminated 8th |
| Naushad Ali | Rajasthan | Eliminated 7th |
| Shashi Suman | Patna | Eliminated 6th |
| Arpita Khan | West Bengal | Eliminated 5th |
| Yashraj Kapil | Faridabad | Eliminated 4th |
| Manisha Karmakar | Kolkata | Eliminated 3rd |
| Meghna Kumar | Jhansi | Eliminated 2nd |
| Vishwas Rai | Allahabad | Eliminated 1st |
Note: Sreeram, Rakesh, and Bhoomi were the top 3. Sreeram was crowned the winner without announcing the 1st and 2nd runner-ups.
Season 6
The sixth season aired on Sony TV from 1 June 2012 to 1 September 2012. The winner of the sixth season was Vipul Mehta who received the highest number of votes.[8][9][10]
Mini Mathur and Hussain Kuwajerwala returned to host Season 6. The judges for this season were Anu Malik, Sunidhi Chauhan, and Salim Merchant. Asha Bhosle joined the judging panel after the audition rounds.
On 23 June 2012, the judges selected the top 16 contestants to perform in the Gala Rounds.
These contestants were:
| Name | Hometown | Elimination |
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| Vipul Mehta | Amritsar | Winner |
| Amit Kumar | Runner-up | |
| Amitabh Narayan | ||
| Amrita Panda | ||
| Charit Dixit | ||
| Deeksha Piyush | ||
| Deepak Maher | ||
| Devender Pal Singh | Runner-up | |
| Kaushik Deshpande | ||
| Kritika Tanwar | ||
| Poorvi Koutish | Chandigarh | |
| Ravi Kumar Mishra | ||
| Ritika Raj | ||
| Saumya Mishra | ||
| Simran Kaur | ||
| Sohini Mishra |
Indian Idol Junior Season 1
- Judges
Vishal Dadlani
Shreya Ghoshal
Shekhar Ravjiani
- Host
Top 11 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Elimination |
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| Anjana Padmanabhan | Bengaluru | Winner |
| Debanjana Karmakar | Kolkata | 1st Runner-up |
| Anmol Jaswal | Jammu Tawi | 2nd Runner-up |
| Nirvesh Dave | Ahmedabad | 3rd Runner-up |
| Akash Sharma | Harayana | Eliminated 7th |
| Aryan Das | Cuttack | Eliminated 6th |
| Sonakshi Kar | Kolkata | Eliminated 5th |
| Priyam Borpatragohain | Assam | Eliminated 4th |
| Eman Chaudhary | Assam | Eliminated 3rd |
| Sugandha Date | Nagpur | Eliminated 2nd |
| Sankalp Yaduwanshi | Moradabad | Eliminated 1st |
Indian Idol Junior Season 2
Indian Idol Junior Season 2 Started 30th May 2015, And the Last Episode Was 6th September 2015.
- Judges
Salim Merchant
Sonakshi Sinha
Vishal Dadlani
- Host
Top 13 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Elimination |
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| Ananya Nanda | Bhubaneswar | Winner |
| Nithyashree Venkataramanan | Chennai | 1st Runner-up |
| Nahid Afrin | Assam | 2nd Runner-up |
| Vaishnav Girish | Kerala | Eliminated 10th |
| Moti Khan | Rajasthan | Eliminated 9th |
| Niharika Nath | Agartala | Eliminated 8th |
| Ranita Banerjee | Kolkata | Eliminated 7th |
| Sreelakshmi Belmannu | Bangalore | Eliminated 6th |
| Ajay Brijwasi | Mathura | Eliminated 5th |
| Yumna Ajin | Kerala | Eliminated 4th |
| Surendra Singh Panwar | Rajasthan | Eliminated 3rd |
| Vidhi Jaswal | Jammu and Kashmir | Eliminated 2nd |
| Shubhankar | Kolkata | Eliminated 1st |
Season 9
- Judges
- Host
Karan Wahi
Paritosh Tripathi
Top 14 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Elimination |
|---|---|---|
| LV Revanth | Hyderabad | Winner[11] |
| Khuda Baksh | Punjab | Runner-up[12] |
| PVNS Rohit | Hyderabad | 2nd Runner-up |
| Maalavika Sunder | Chennai | Eliminated 11th |
| Mohit Chopra | New Delhi | Eliminated 10th |
| Manya Narang | New Delhi | Eliminated 9th |
| Hardeep Singh | Ludhiana | Eliminated 8th |
| R P Shravan | Chennai | Eliminated 7th |
| Tajinder Singh | Faridabad | Eliminated 6th |
| Jeli Kayi | Itanagar | Eliminated 5th |
| Bharti Gupta | Ghaziabad | Eliminated 4th |
| Mansi Bhardwaj | New Delhi | Eliminated 3rd |
| Stuti Tiwari | Kolkata | Eliminated 2nd |
| Saumya Mishra | Renukut | Eliminated 1st |
Season 10
- Judges
Javed Ali replaced Anu Malik[13]
Neha Kakkar
Vishal Dadlani
- Host
Top 14 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Elimination |
|---|---|---|
| Salman Ali | Mewat, Haryana | Winner[14] |
| Ankush Bhardwaj | Shimla | Runner-up |
| Neelanjana Ray | Kolkata | 2nd Runner-up |
| Nitin Kumar | Una | 3rd Runner-up |
| Vibhor Parashar | New Delhi | 4th Runner-up |
| Kunal Pandit | Mumbai | Eliminated 8th |
| Renu Nagar | Alwar, Rajasthan | Eliminated 7th |
| Soumaya Chakraborty | Kolkata | Eliminated 6th |
| Avanti Patel | Mumbai | Eliminated 5th |
| Sourabh Valmiki | Lakhimpur | Eliminated 4th |
| Biswajit Mohapatra | Orissa | Eliminated 4th |
| Krishnakali Saha | Tripura | Eliminated 3rd |
| Indira Das | Kolkata | Eliminated 2nd |
| Sonia Gazmer | Kolkata | Eliminated 1st |
Season 11
The 11th season started to air on 12 October 2019 on Sony TV. It is being hosted by singer Aditya Narayan.[15] Neha Kakkar has returned as one of the judges on popular demand along with Vishal Dadlani and Anu Malik, who came back to the show as a judge after his suspension from the judge panel for Me Too allegations. He has then been replaced by Himesh Reshammiya.[16][17] Malik's return was condemned by several singers.
- Judges
Himesh Reshammiya replaced Anu Malik
Vishal Dadlani
Neha Kakkar
- Host
Top 15 contestants + 2 wild card entries are:-
| Name | Hometown | Elimination |
|---|---|---|
| Sunny Hindustani | Bathinda, Punjab | Winner[18] |
| Rohit Shyam Raut | Latur, Maharashtra | Runner-up |
| Ankona Mukherjee | Bankura, West Bengal | 2nd Runner-up |
| Ridham Kalyan | Amritsar, Punjab | 3rd Runner-up |
| Adriz Ghosh | Murshidabad, West Bengal | 4th Runner-up |
| Shahzaan Mujeeb | Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh | Eliminated 12th |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | Amritsar, Punjab | Eliminated 11th |
| Stuti Tiwari | New Delhi | Eliminated 10th |
| Jannabi Das | New Delhi | Eliminated 9th |
| Azmat Hussain | Jaipur | Eliminated 8th |
| Chetna Bharadwaj | Ghaziabad | Eliminated 7th |
| Kaivalya Kejkar | Nagpur | Eliminated 6th |
| Shubhadeep Das | Kolkata | Eliminated 5th |
| Stuti Tiwari | New Delhi | Eliminated 4th |
| Nidhi Kumari | Jamshedpur | Eliminated 3rd |
| Chelsi Behura | Orissa | Eliminated 2nd |
| Pallav Singh | Ballia, Uttar Pradesh | Eliminated 1st |
Season 12
The 12th season started on 28 November 2020.
- Judges
Himesh Reshammiya
Vishal Dadlani
Neha Kakkar
- Host
Top 15 contestants
| Name | Hometown | Notes | Elimination |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawandeep Rajan | Champawat, Uttarakhand | Winner of The Voice season 1 | - |
| Shanmukha Priya | Visakhapatnam | Finalist of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017 and Contestants of The Voice India Kids, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs (Telugu), Super Singer Season 9 (Telugu), Padutha Theeyaga Season 6 (Telugu), Super Singer Junior and Saregamapa Champions of Champions No 1 Jodi (Telugu) | - |
| Mohammad Danish | Muzaffarnagar | Contestant of The Voice season 2 | - |
| Ashish Kulkarni | Pune | Contestant of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs | - |
| Sawai Bhatt | Nagaur | - | |
| Arunita Kanjilal | Kolkata | Winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs 2013 (Bengali) and Finalist of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2014 | - |
| Anjali Gaikwad | Ahmednagar | Co-Winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017 | - |
| Nihal Tauro | Mangalore | Winners of Daijiworld Studio Voice and Voice of Udupi, Contestant of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Season 15 (Kannada) | - |
| Nachiket Lele | Kalyan | Winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2018 (Marathi) and Contestant of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2016 | - |
| Sireesha Bhagavatula | Visakhapatnam | Top 6 Contestant of Super Singer 6 (Tamil), Contestant of Paadalanivundi season 2, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs season 2 semifinalist (Telugu) Super Singer 8 Finalist (Telugu) | - |
| Sayali Kamble | Pune | Contestants of Mummy Ke Superstars and Gaurav Maharashtracha | - |
| Anushka Banerjee | Chandigarh | Contestants of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs 2013 (Bengali) and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2018 | - |
| Vaishnav Girish | Thrissur | Winner of Surya Singer season 2, Finalist of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017 and Contestant of Indian Idol Junior Season 2 | Eliminated 3rd |
| Samyak Prasana Das | Delhi | Eliminated 2nd | |
| Sahil Solanki | Hisar | Finalist of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2018 and Contestant of The Voice season 1 | Eliminated 1st |
Controversy and credibility
Indian Idol show has been in the news for controversies. The contestants say that the work of increasing the TRP of the show is done by showing them the poor householder on TV.[19] The show is just a means of earning money and playing with the lives of talented contestants.[20]
Notes
- replacement for 2 episodes in 2020)
- replacement for 2 episodes in 2018)
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